Crandall Public Library photograph collection, 1863-2000.

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Crandall Public Library photograph collection, 1863-2000.

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Photographs in the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection mostly pertain to the history of Glens Falls, although some photographs concern Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains. Glens Falls subjects include people, buildings, bridges, street scenes, transportation, businesses, industry, Hudson River, Feeder Dam, floods, fires, hotels, schools, houses, civic and cultural organizations, Crandall Public Library, music and theater. Many of the photographs published in the historical volume, Bridging the Years: Glens Falls, New York, 1763-1978, came from the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection. There are sections in this collection concerning the Glens Falls Operetta Club, Crandall Public Library, and men inducted into the military during World War II by Selective Service.

20 cubic ft. (ca. 3,000 photographs)

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6868037

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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Kennedy, William W.

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Cole, Bruce, 1951-

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Larsen, N.

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Conkey, George W.

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Atiyeh, Carl N., 1911-1997.

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Carl N. Atiyeh, son of Nicholas and Zehia Atiyeh, was raised in Glens Falls, N.Y. He graduated from Glens Falls High School and the New York Institute of Photography. His photography studio was located in his home on Mohican Street. In addition to his career as a photographer for the Glens Falls Times and the Post-Star, he worked for the U.S. Army and also from about 1950 to 1967 as a corrections officer for New York State at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, Comstock. From the des...

Sauter, George Philip, 1892-1956.

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Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, N.Y.)

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Collecting of photographs by Crandall Library evidently began through the efforts of Sherman Williams, who was a founder of the New York State Historical Association and an advisor to Henry Crandall. Photographs may have been collected beginning with or near the founding of Crandall Library in 1892. Others who were influential in developing this collection were Robert C. Carter and Arthur S. Fisher. The cataloging and indexing began in the early 1980's through the efforts of Bruce Cole. ...

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Carter, Robert C.

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Crandell, Isaac.

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Calvert, Monty.

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Fisher, Arthur S.

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Glens Falls Operetta Club (Glens Falls, N.Y.)

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Miller, Lewis E.

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Enzer, Milton M.

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Lovejoy, C. L.

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Pangburn, Harry W.

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Fillmore, L. H.

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Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc.

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Brower, Orson A.

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Orr, Alexander, 1836-1906.

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Bierstadt, Edward Hale, 1891-

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Edward Hale Bierstadt, nephew of the painter Albert Bierstadt, was a writer, critic, and editor. From the description of Edward Hale Bierstadt scrapbook of miscellaneous writings, 1915-1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49562606 ...

Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917

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Seneca Ray Stoddard was an American landscape photographer, publisher, and conservationist active in the Adirondack Region of New York State. From the description of Seneca Ray Stoddard collection, 1848-1916. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155514215 Seneca Ray Stoddard (1844-1917) was an American landscape photographer, naturalist, writer, poet and cartographer. Born in Saratoga County, New York, he taught himself painting (one his fi...

Williams, Sherman, 1846-1923

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Willams was an FIT faculty member. It is believed that the sketches were done by his students. From the description of Sherman Williams collection, 1970-197. (Fashion Institute of Tech Library). WorldCat record id: 220838334 ...

Mead, F. Beecher, d. 1941.

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North Country Photographers (N.Y.)

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Taft, Frank M.

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Smith, William (William J.)

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